Chapter 34: The Mystery of Regarding Baiyue

They arrived in the room where Liu Yi was murdered.

Liu Yi’s body had already been collected.

This seemed to be a study, the place where Liu Yi usually handled government affairs. In the study, there was also a bed, which should have been the place where Liu Yi rested when he was tired from handling government affairs.

Su Xuan was a bit surprised; he hadn't expected this guy Liu Yi to actually handle official business at home.

But thinking about it carefully, it wasn't strange.

After all, he was a successful person who had defeated his competitors and won the beauty. The only flaw was that he was a bit ugly. If he were a bit more handsome, would his wife still be thinking of that dead ghost Li Kai? She would have long since surrendered her heart to him.

After Han Han Jiuli and Su Xuan followed Lady Hu here, they looked around.

"This crime scene is too tidy, isn't it? Has anyone moved anything?"

He was an Imperial Guard from the palace and had seen the world.

Liu Yi, as the Left Left Sima, was an important military and political official. His position as Left Left Sima was earned through military merit on the battlefield. In other words, Liu Yi himself was not someone without the strength to truss a chicken.

Even if he hadn't held a sword for many years, his foundation should still be there.

Even if someone wanted to assassinate him, it was impossible for Liu Yi to have no precautions at all; at the very least, he would have tried to fight the enemy.

Unless the enemy’s strength was incredible to the point of killing Liu Yi in one blow, no matter what, they would have left clues.

"Except for collecting my husband’s body, no one has moved anything here!" Lady Hu answered Han Han Jiuli’s question.

Su Xuan said lightly, "The reason it is tidy here is because this is not the primary crime scene."

"Not the primary crime scene?" Han Han Jiuli was stunned.

Lady Hu was also stunned.

Su Xuan smiled lightly and walked to the bookshelf filled with many bamboo slips. With a casual wave, he summoned a gust of wind. The wind blew through the gaps in the bookshelf, and Su Xuan sensed the situation of the bookshelf through the power of the wind.

Finally, he pressed his palm on a certain spot.

Suddenly, the bookshelf split from the middle to both sides like a door.

"This is... a secret room?"

Han Han Jiuli was stunned.

Lady Hu’s gaze also froze. Although she was Liu Yi’s wife, she had only just learned that there was such a secret room hidden in this room.

The light in the secret room was dim.

However, as the door opened, the light from the room spilled into it, and one could barely see the situation inside.

It was only after seeing the situation inside that Han Han Jiuli’s face changed slightly.

On the ground, there was blood everywhere, and the layout was quite messy.

"Without a doubt, this is the primary crime scene!"

Su Xuan stated Han Han Jiuli’s thought and then walked slowly into the secret room.

Han Han Jiuli followed closely behind Su Xuan. Lady Hu was stunned for a moment, but finally gathered her courage and walked in.

As she stepped into the secret room, soon, a box caught her eye.

"This box is..."

She was very familiar with this box; how could she not recognize it?

This was clearly the treasure chest of her father, Lord Lord Huoyu.

She was once the eldest daughter of the Lord Huoyu Manor in the land of Regarding Baiyue. Her father, Lord Lord Huoyu, was a famous wealthy merchant in Regarding Baiyue. When Han conquered Regarding Baiyue, Left Left Sima Liu Yi and Right Left Sima Li Kai passed through Regarding Baiyue and stayed at the Lord Huoyu Manor. She and Li Kai fell in love at first sight, but Li Kai had to leave because the war was tight.

She had been waiting at the Lord Huoyu Manor for Li Kai’s return.

As a result, she did not expect a disaster to descend suddenly.

The great thieves of Regarding Baiyue, the Three Wolves of Broken Hair, took a fancy to the treasures of the Lord Huoyu Manor, slaughtered her entire family, and set fire to the Lord Huoyu Manor.

Of the large Lord Huoyu Manor, only she and her sister survived.

Not long after, she heard the bad news that Li Kai had died in battle.

Just when she was in despair, Liu Yi appeared before her and protected her and her sister.

To repay Liu Yi, and also to protect her young sister, she had to marry Liu Yi.

Earlier, when she answered Su Xuan’s question, saying she had gone to sleep early that day, she actually didn't tell Su Xuan some things—that is, on the day Liu Yi was murdered, she and Liu Yi had had a quarrel.

The reason was that she had gone out to watch a play that day and saw a familiar figure in the theater.

Even though the person had become unrecognizable, she still recognized him at first sight.

It was also because she saw that figure that she couldn't help but have many speculations in her heart, and subsequently, she suspected Liu Yi, so she had a rare argument with Liu Yi.

She had not expected that after that argument, Liu Yi would be murdered, nor had she expected to see things belonging to the Lord Huoyu Manor in this secret room, to see the treasure chest that had been taken away by the Three Wolves of Broken Hair back then.

"Looking at you, Lady, it seems you recognize this box?" Su Xuan’s voice sounded in Lady Hu’s ear, making her suddenly come back to her senses.

Lady Hu took a deep breath, thought for a while, and chose to tell the truth. "This box was originally my father’s property. I come from the Lord Huoyu Manor in the land of Regarding Baiyue. The Lord Huoyu Manor was slaughtered by thieves, and this box was lost because of it. I did not expect it to be here."

"The thieves slaughtered the Lord Huoyu Manor, and the box that should have been in the hands of the thieves appeared in this secret room. It seems that your husband, Liu Yi, Lady, hid many secrets from you!" Su Xuan spoke eloquently, his words containing deep meaning.

Lady Hu’s face sank, looking a bit ugly.

She stepped forward, looked at the mechanism on the box, thought of her father’s teachings when she was a child, and then, her fingers landed on the mechanism and fiddled with it a few times, and the box was opened by her.

After opening the box, there was nothing inside.

No, there was only one symbol.

"This is?"

Han Han Jiuli was listening to the conversation between Su Xuan and Lady Hu on the side and couldn't help but have many sighs. From Su Xuan’s words, he also guessed some things.

That is, Liu Yi probably had an unusual relationship with the thieves who slaughtered the Lord Huoyu Manor.

Otherwise, it could not be explained why the box taken away by the thieves who slaughtered the Lord Huoyu Manor would fall into Liu Yi’s hands.

At the same time, he also had some other speculations.

However, after seeing the symbol in the box, what he wanted to know most was what this symbol meant.

"This is a symbol circulating in the land of Regarding Baiyue, meaning ‘Life and Death Promise’."

The Lord Huoyu Manor was located in the land of Regarding Baiyue, so Lady Hu recognized what this symbol meant at the first moment.

"Life and Death Promise?" Su Xuan said lightly, "The traces of this symbol are still very new; it should have been left by the murderer who killed the Left Left Sima. He killed the Left Left Sima and left the Regarding Baiyue symbol in this box. It seems that the death of the Left Left Sima is not as simple as imagined!"

Han Han Jiuli nodded in agreement. Indeed, just based on the clues found so far, he felt that this case was full of suspicion.

He heard Su Xuan say again: "But it doesn't matter; I only need to perform the Art of Communicating with the Nether, summon Liu Yi’s ghost, and all suspicions will be broken!" ===== CHAPTER 57 =====